Students Denied Lunch Because Of Lack Of Funds

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Students Denied Lunch Because Of Lack Of Funds

(CNN) — Sorry, kid. No money, no lunch.

Students at an Attleboro, Massachusetts, middle school went hungry this week if they had a negative balance on their pre-paid lunch cards.

Five cents of debt was enough for cafeteria employees at the Coehlo Middle School in instruct kids at least one day this week to dump out the food they would have normally eaten, CNN affiliate WJAR, Rhode Island, reported.

About 25 children left the lunchroom with empty stomachs, said Whitson’s Culinary Group in a statement. The company runs the school’s cafeteria.